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Abstract
Objective: To observe the clinical efficacy of wrist-ankle acupuncture in the treatment of functional frequent premature ventricular contractions (PVCs).
Methods: A total of 64 patients with functional frequent PVCs were randomly divided into an observation group and a control group, 32 cases in each group. The observation group was treated with wrist-ankle acupuncture at bilateral upper 1 and upper 2 on the wrist. The control group received sham acupuncture at the same points as the observation group. Both groups were treated once every day from Monday to Friday, with the needles retained for 60 min each time, for a total of 4 weeks. The TCM syndrome score, the 24-hour PVC count, and MOS 36-item short form health survey (SF-36) score were compared between the two groups before and after treatment, and the clinical efficacy was evaluated after treatment.
Results: After treatment, the TCM syndrome scores and the 24-hour PVC counts in both groups were reduced compared with those before treatment (P<0.01), and the above indexes in the observation group were lower than those in the control group (P<0.01). After treatment，scores of all SF-36 items in the observation group were increased compared with those before treatment (P<0.01); in the control group, the scores of general health (GH), social function (SF) and role-emotional (RE) were increased compared with those before treatment (P<0.05). After treatment, scores of all SF-36 items in the observation group were higher than those in the control group (P<0.01). The total effective rate in the observation group was 90.6% (29/32), which was higher than 46.9% (15/32) in the control group (P<0.01).
Conclusion: Wrist-ankle acupuncture has a significant clinical efficacy in the treatment of functional frequent PVCs. It can effectively improve symptoms such as chest tightness and palpitations, reduce 24-hour PVC count, and improve patients' quality of life.
期刊介绍：
Chinese Acupuncture and Moxibustion (founded in 1981, monthly) is an authoritative academic journal of acupuncture and moxibustion under the supervision of China Association for Science and Technology and co-sponsored by Chinese Acupuncture and Moxibustion Society and Institute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion of China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine. It is recognised as a core journal of Chinese science and technology, a core journal of Chinese language, and is included in the core journals of China Science Citation Database, as well as being included in MEDLINE and other international well-known medical index databases. The journal adheres to the tenet of ‘improving, taking into account the popularity, colourful and realistic’, and provides valuable learning and communication opportunities for the majority of acupuncture and moxibustion clinical and scientific research workers, and plays an important role in the domestic and international publicity and promotion of acupuncture and moxibustion disciplines.
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